Sarah Sturm on UCI Gravel Worlds

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Payson McElveen

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🗓️ 16 October 2022

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Sarah Sturm returns to the show to talk about the inaugural UCI Gravel Worlds which took place in Italy last weekend. The event sparked controversy when it was announced, with fears that the UCI would tarnish the spirit of gravel. This, along with the fact that it wasn’t being held in the US where the discipline took root, and the fact that the women’s course was significantly shorter than the men’s, prompted many top racers to skip the race altogether. Sarah explains why she chose to go desp...

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0:00.0	In the back of my mind, I was actually really upset that the women didn't race as long.
0:04.4	From like an equality perspective, but also like, to me, gravel differs from road
0:10.8	in the length and like intensity and like that attrition.
0:15.1	Like every gravel race I've done, the attrition component is huge.
0:19.4	80 miles felt it made it feel very much like a road race,
0:23.5	which in some ways I certainly was glad it was over when it was over.
0:27.5	So like I got to the end and I was like,
0:29.5	I don't want to go prove a point and do those two extra circuit laps.
0:33.3	But if that had been in the race,
0:34.9	if I had had my mindset on it,
0:36.6	and I talked to a lot of women who felt the same way, they were like, if that had been in the race, if I had had my mindset on it, and I talked to a lot of women who felt the same way.
0:39.8	They were like, if that had been our race, our brains would have adjusted to that and we would have done it.
0:44.7	It's showtime, everybody. Showtime!
0:49.6	You've been living in a dream world, Neil.
0:53.3	This is the world as it exists today.
0:57.0	Life moves pretty fast.
1:00.0	You don't stop and look around once in a while.
1:03.0	You could miss it.
1:05.0	Listen, we talk about practice.
1:08.0	Repeat on the dude's room.
1:10.0	Donnie, you're out of your element. I see, you think this has nothing to do. We talk about practice. Repeat on the dude's room.
1:12.3	Donnie, you're out of your element.
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